Just a few minutes ago Steve Jobs wowed us with video rentals on demand (in HD no less!) right from our wide-screen TVs.
No more waiting for Netflicks. No more driving to Blockbuster.
And the new MacBook Air comes complete with no optical drive. And it doesn’t matter because you can hijack another computer’s drive and use it natively to your own machine.
So has the day finally arrived when we have no more tapes, no more CDs or DVDs? No more packaging material to pull apart?
Originally uploaded by david parmet.
I know I do. Josh does too.
Update: My Macworld photoset is here.
I’d be putting up pictures of Kevin Smith’s talk, but IDG won’t let us take pictures. Draw your own conclusions.
For Immediate Release
[contact]Contact: David Parmet
(914) 400-4120
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[/multimedia][subheadline]Offers Most Complete Coverage of Macworld Expo and Keynote[/subheadline]
[dateline]San Francisco, CA (PRWeb) – January 4, 2007 [/dateline]–
[body]The Mac Observer (TMO), the leading online publication for the Mac community, will once again offer live coverage of the Macworld Expo Keynote from Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007. In addition, TMO will, as it has in the past, be offering Apple enthusiasts the most complete coverage of Macworld.
TMO’s staff, including Publisher Dave Hamilton, Editor in Chief Bryan Chaffin and Bob LeVitus will be on hand to cover breaking news, background stories and every aspect of the most important annual event in the Mac universe. TMO’s constantly updated coverage can be read at [links]http://www.macobserver.com/reports/mwsf2007/[/links]. A RSS feed is available at [links]http://www.macobserver.com/rss/macobserver.xml[/links].
The highlight of TMO’s coverage continues to be live coverage of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s keynote address. In 1999, TMO was one of the first media outlets to take advantage of the ability to cover the event live on the Web and it continues to offer the most comprehensive and insightful coverage of any publication.
[quotes]“One of the things that people seem to enjoy the most is our team’s ability to offer commentary alongside the descriptive coverage. This allows our readers to see, first-hand, the gut reaction from our staff,” said Chaffin. “Keeping pace with the flow of information *and* offering a bit of opinion along with it isn’t always a walk in the park, but it can be fun for the staffers and readers alike.”[/quotes]
TMO has highlighted its history of keynote coverage in a feature article that can be viewed at http://macobserver.com/editorial/2006/12/27.1.shtml. The article offers a look back at previous keynote addresses and the tools used to cover them live – from Palm-devices to Bluetooth-enabled cell phones.
[quotes]“Things will be no different this time around. We’ll be connected from the Moscone center, PowerBooks and MacBooks-to-cell-phones through our various interfaces, presented to you clean and simple,” said Hamilton.
[/quotes][boilerplate]About The Mac Observer
The Mac Observer features daily in-depth Macintosh industry and product news, columns, and reviews, with the goal of ensuring that its readership is as thoroughly informed as possible. TMO’s experienced columnists cover news ranging from stock market updates and industry opinion to technology overviews and product reviews, making it a critical resource in understanding the currents of the Mac industry. The Mac Observer can be found online at www.macobserver.com.[/boilerplate]
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NOTE TO EDITORS: Writers and editors from The Mac Observer are available all through Macworld Expo to offer their insight on any announcements. Should you be interested in interviewing a TMO staffer, please contact David Parmet at (914) 400-4120 (cell) or at david@parmet.net.
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Warning… client pimping to follow.
The Mac Observer is branching out into pay-for-download publishing with the publication of “Dr. Mac’s Guide to Backing Up Your Mac“
“I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it again… There are only two kinds of Mac users — those who have lost data and those who will lose data,” wrote Dr. Mac in the guide. “If these files are not backed up — somehow — you run the very real risk of losing them forever.”
In the guide that follows, Dr. Mac explains how to back up your Mac, including software you can use to automate the process, what kind of media to use (DVDs, CDs, hard drives, etc.), when to make your backups, and much more. Including screen shots and step by step instructions from the author of more than 40 books, this guide is as comprehensive as it is easy to use.
Count me as one of those people who have lost data to hard drive crashes and I’m a firm believer in back-ups and back-ups of back-ups.
If you own a Mac (what? you don’t use a Mac? What are you thinking?) you need to get this guide.
Rock on.
